Empowering employees to bring ideas, innovation, and dedication to their jobs means that the leader must convey, that what the employee has to offer is needed and wanted by the company. Encouragement of employees is a tool used by efficient leaders to inspire commitment because they understand, “leaders cannot command commitment, only inspire it” (Kouzes and Posner, pg.17). All ideas put forth by employees will not succeed and a good leader creates an environment where all ideas are safe. Our text states, “You can’t exhort people to take risks if they don’t also feel safe” (Kouzes and Posner, pg. 19). Having an empowered team requires building and sustaining successful relationships, where you enable them to act. Employees feel that they are an integral part of the team when they are able to share in the responsibilities of the wins and losses of the company. In the Leadership Challenge, Kouzes and Posner state, “In our interviews, we found that people used we nearly three times more often than I in explaining their personal-best leadership experience” (pg. 20).
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